Earl Scruggs
Birthday: 1924-01-06 | Place of Birth: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USAEarl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played.
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Known For
Give Me the Banjo
The Three Pickers
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Country Music on Broadway